How about on the adobe.com page where you downloaded the installer? There's a checkbox there.
(Agreed with others that this bundling thirdparty software to eek out a bit more revenue is pretty lame.) On 10/23/14, 2:55 PM, Mike K wrote: > Jenny, thank you for your contribution. I hate to disagree with you, but > since I knew the flash installer was going to try to force McAfee on me as > it did last time (and really made a mess of my Norton - I had to reinstall > that too as a result), I was looking for the checkbox or button so I could > decline to install it. . > > And it didnt appear. I had no choice to not install McAfee. > > I think there are different versions of the installer, or it offers the > choice in some circumstances and not in others. But i DID NOT have the > choice to decline installing McAfee. > > > > > > On Fri, Oct 24, 2014 at 1:42 AM, Jenny Gavin-Wear < > jenn...@fasttrackonline.co.uk> wrote: > >> Yes you were. It's just not very obvious. It's in the middle of the top >> area of the screen. >> >> Regardless, it should default to unclicked. I wrote to Adobe about this >> and >> got a prompt reply promising a change. No change made, no change accepted. >> But when have Adobe ever listened to user feedback? >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Mike K [mailto:afpwebwo...@gmail.com] >> Sent: 18 October 2014 21:08 >> To: cf-talk >> Subject: Re: Adobe is just a spammer now >> >> >> You can say whatever you like, Eric but i was given NO OPPORTUNITY TO >> DESELECT the installation of the McAfee product which I definitely DO NOT >> WANT. >> >> I downloaded the flash installer, then ran the installer, and it went >> right ahead and installed two items - the flash player and then without >> pause the McAfee crap. >> >> Because of the treatment I received from McAfee a few years back, I >> resolved >> never EVER to do business with McAfee again, and so it's doubly bad that >> Adobe force it on me. >> >> >> Cheers >> Mike Kear >> Windsor, NSW, Australia >> Adobe Certified Advanced ColdFusion Developer AFP Webworks >> http://afpwebworks.com ColdFusion 9 Enterprise, PHP, ASP, ASP.NET hosting >> from AUD$15/month >> >> >> >> >> On Sun, Oct 19, 2014 at 3:51 AM, Eric Roberts < >> ow...@threeravensconsulting.com> wrote: >> >>> Yes...you can deselect it...it is a detestable practice that should >>> default to not checked rather than checked. >>> >>> -- >> >> >> >> > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:359513 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/unsubscribe.cfm
